Christine McArthur
a table in spring - mixed media on board - 102 x 102cm
a table in summer - mixed media on board - 102 x 102cm
a table in autumn - mixed media on board - 102 x 102cm
a table in winter - mixed media on board - 102 x 102cm
yellow welsh poppies - acrylic on board - 23 x 23cm
winter tangerines - gouache on board - 31 x 31cm
blue himalayan poppies - acrylic on board - 23 x 23cm
lemons on a glass dish - gouache on board - 31 x 31cm
sea glass from machrahanish - gouache on board - 76 x 92cm
oranges from Seville - mixed media on board - 76 x 92cm
birthday flowers - mixed media on board - 76 x 91cm
painted egg - mixed media on board - 40 x 60cm
moon mountain paths - embroidery on linen - 64 x 67cm
snowdrops in a bone marrow pot - gouache on board - 20 x 18cm
hellebores in a medicine glass - gouache on board - 20 x 18cm
snow trees with blue shadows - acrylic and ink on board - 23 x 23cm
golden plums: whitebait - watercolour & gouache on board - 22 x 30cm
green walnuts: forget-me-nots - watercolour & gouache on board - 22 x 30cm
glass bottles: almonds - watercolour & gouache on board - 22 x 30cm
seedpods from Miro's garden - watercolour & gouache on board - 22 x 30cm
Jane's poppies - acrylic on board - 38 x 38cm
goldfish - embroidery on linen - 53 x 67cm
the beauty of blank space - embroidery on linen - 60 x 71cm
bright anemones - acrylic on board - 22 x 20cm
Dr. Smith arboretum - the slope - mixed media on board - 23 x 23cm
nasturtiums - acrylic on board - 23 x 23cm
Dr. Smith arboretum - the bridge - mixed media on board - 23 x 23cm
Christmas Eve - acrylic and ink on board - 23 x 23cm
Dr. Smith arboretum - the pool - mixed media on board - 23 x 23cm
darjeeling and china - mixed media on board - 40 x 60cm
the birthday party - mixed media on board - 40 x 60cm
french field poppies - acrylic on board - 23 x 23cm
wicker chair with blue cup - mixed media on board - 76 x 76cm
anemones in Mary Armour's vase - mixed media on board - 38 x 38cm
Tokyo story - mixed media on board - 40 x 60cm
Three Pears on a Wicker Chair - oil on board - 76 x 76cm SOLD
The way the sky was (anemones) - m/m/b - 76 x 76cm
Anemones I - mixed media on paper - 28 x 33cm
On the pedestal - Lemons II - gouache on w/p - 8 x 8cm
On the pedestal - Coconut cakes - gouache on w/p - 8 x 8cm
On the pedestal - Mackerel - gouache on w/p - 8 x 8cm
On the pedestal - Muscatel grapes - g/w/p - 8 x 8cm
On the pedestal - Red snapper - gouache on w/p - 8 x 8cm
On the pedestal - Asparagus - gouache on w/p - 8 x 8cm
On the pedestal - Pink snapper - gouache on w/p - 8 x 8cm
Sicilian Lemons - watercolour on paper - 15 x 23cm
Christine McArthur was born in Kirkintilloch, near Glasgow in 1953. She studied at The Glasgow School of Art between 1971 & 1976, which included a post-diploma year.
After graduating she taught and produced book illustrations until the demand for her work enabled her to paint full time. Her early work was primarily in oil and she became well known for her large-scale still life paintings on canvas. In the late 1980s she began to work in oil pastel and watercolour but more recently she has reverted to oil, as well as acrylic and collage.
Christine McArthur was awarded Scottish Education Department travelling scholarships in 1975 and 1976 and was elected a member of the Royal Glasgow Institute of the Fine Arts in 1990.
In 1995 she was elected a member of the Royal Scottish Society of Painters in Watercolour. In 1997 John Lewis commissioned four large murals – each 6ft x 15ft – for the Glasgow store in 1999. In 2002 she received a commission from John Lewis for murals for the extension to their Peter Jones store, Sloane Square, London.
Solo Exhibitions from 1984 – present include:
Peter Potter Gallery, Haddington; Sue Rankin Gallery, London; Fine Art Society, Glasgow; Portland Gallery, London; Roger Billcliffe Gallery, Glasgow; Ancrum Gallery, Roxburgh; Open Eye Gallery, Edinburgh; Courtyard Gallery, Crail; John Martin Gallery, London; Gertsey Gallery, Moscow; Gertsey Gallery, Atlanta, USA; Lemon Street Gallery, Cornwall; Ainscough Gallery, Devon; The Scottish Gallery, Edinburgh; Thackeray Gallery, London
Private and Corporate Collections include:
Lord Irvine of Lairg; Scottish Arts Council; Glasgow Caledonian University; Arthur Anderson; Scottish Nuclear PLC; University of Strathclyde; Amerada Hess Corporation; Craig Capital Corporation; Lillie Art Gallery, Milngavie; Argyll Group PLC; United Distillers PLC; Clydesdale Bank PLC; Macfarlane Group (Clansman) PLC; Royal Bank of Scotland PLC; Export & Import Bank of Japan; John Lewis Partnership PLC (Glasgow, Nottingham, Edinburgh & Peter Jones, London); Gertsev Gallery, Moscow; Gertsev Gallery, Atlanta, USA; Pernod Ricard; Brian Maule, Chardon d’Or, Glasgow; Edinburgh Tapestry Company; Aberdeen Asset Management; Jamjar Restaurant, Bridge of Allan; Gamba Restaurant, Glasgow; Café Parma, Glasgow.
Awards include:
S.E.D. travelling scholarship 1975, and 1976. Arts Council Award 1979, and 2004. Glasgow Soc. of Women Artist’s Trust Fund Award, Lauder Award; R.G.I., N.S. Macfarlane Award; Alexander Graham Munro prize, RSW